steve fuller
Steve Fuller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. A graduate of Columbia and Cambridge Universities, he holds a Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Fuller is best known for his work in the field of 'social epistemology', which addresses normative philosophical questions about organized knowledge by historical and social scientific means. His most recent work has focussed on the future of the public intellectual and the university, as well as the biological challenge to the social sciences, especially as it bears on the future of 'humanity' as a category in terms of which we define ourselves. In 2005 Fuller served as an expert witness for the defence in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the first test-case for the teaching of intelligent design in public school science classes. He is the author of fifteen books and 200 articles. His works have been translated into nearly twenty languages. Fuller's most recent books include The Knowledge Book: Key Concepts in Philosophy, Science and Culture (Acumen and McGill-Queens, 2007), New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies (Polity, 2007), Science vs Religion? (Polity, 2007) and Dissent over Descent: Intelligent Design's Challenge to Darwinism (Icon, 2008). Currently President of the Sociology and Social Policy section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Fuller was awarded in 2007 a 'higher doctorate' (D. Litt.) from Warwick for long-term major contributions to scholarship.
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